By Wayne Visser*
Last week, I was hosted by Ufadhili Trust to deliver a 2 day workshop on CSR in Nairobi, Kenya. As I was last in Kenya 20 years ago when I attended an AIESEC African Leadership Development Seminar, it was wonderful to return and compare my impressions.
The biggest changes have [...]

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Successful businesses are those that plan for long-term, sustainable development, taking into account the social and environmental impacts of their activities.
This means considering the effect of every part of your business on the environment and society. Simply put, your business should have minimal negative effect on the wider world.
Taking a sustainable approach will typically be [...]

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By Robert Pojasek*
So, what’s in a name? There seems to be an endless battle over whether sustainability is merely a component of (corporate) social responsibility or whether social responsibility is simply one of the so-called bottom lines in sustainability’s triple bottom line (TBL).
It is not really a battle since neither side will even recognize the [...]

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By Santika Ratayalaksmi
“Our biggest challenge this century is to take an idea that seems abstract—sustainable development—and turn it into a reality for all the world’s peoples.” Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General
One of humankind’s greatest challenges this century will be to ensure sustainable, just and balanced development.
The needs of current and future generations cannot be [...]

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By Rikke Netterstrom*
The one question I am asked at every talk I give, and every training session I conduct, is “what is the difference between Corporate Responsibility (CR) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?”.
There seems to be a notion that there is somehow a philosophical divide between the two – with CR being the more “strategic” [...]

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